Show 1 0A Standard-Examin- er Thursday March 17 1 983 Opimoe ABOUT A PLAN TO MCNfc’m i THEATER TO TfcCSa PONT Huntsman’s entry in campaign stuns T DON'T fcEUENE : mim 5oin5To to fcoocH Point Utah millionaire industrialist Jon Huntsman has dem- onstrated with clarity that anything is possible in a vital democratic society Huntsman announced he will chal- lenge Gov Norman Bangerter for the Republican gubema- - torial nomination Huntsman has indeed thrown the Utah gubernatorial race into a tailspin Understandably the incumbent governor and his campaign staff are reeling Democrats also are tossed into a state of flux Heretofore they have been jubilant over Bangerter’s’lag in the polls as they have prepare to send former Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson into the race to win the statehouse in November Wilson — who will make his bid for the Dem- ocratic nomination official in Ogden next Wednesday — his campaign said he will now be forced to strategy last fall that there was a small segment of the GOP that had feared for their own political careers because of Bangerter’s decline in the polls — traced primarily to the $166 million record tax increase that he supported in early 1987 Those concerns had been silenced with a slight rise in Bangerter’s popularity since the last legislative session It is too early to speculate on whether Huntsman’s entry d the into the political arena is a plot to anti-ta- x movement His announcement at this juncture must be accepted at face value An impressive businessman Huntsman said he did not plan to make politics a career but was persuaded by his wife family and friends to volunteer four years to help Utah build an industrial base He said he would make tax reform and economic and industrial development the centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign preaching correctly that an industrial base is crucial if the state is to be competitive economically Huntsman’s political bombshell contradicts any notion that all is well within the upper echelon ranks of the Utah Republican party It is generally accepted that there is a segment of the Republican party that had been less than pleased with Bangerter’s disinclination to support any income tax reform measures in the 1988 Legislature This could be the rationale that caused pressure to find an opponent The state’s businessmen and industrialists are genuinely concerned that the present administration has failed to recognize that high taxes are causing an unacceptable business and economic climate and conflict with any aspirations for future development It was well-know- n well-hone- co-o- In an unorthodox move that is practically unheard of in GOP politics of predictability Huntsman has breathed some unanticipated life in the Republican gubernatorial race with his dramatic stunning and amazing announcement that he will try to unseat Gov Bangerter SIX is preparing for RUDAT visit Ogden’s neighbor to the south is going to have a fresh look at its city the same type of intense evaluation by out-- siders that gave Ogdenite’s a new perspective on their community A contingent of experts from the American Institute of Architects national task force better known as Regional-Urba- n Design Assistance Team will be in Salt Lake City in late April or early May to examine ways in which the capital city can reverse what is a decline in its city’s core RUDAT sent a group to Ogden last November that put the city but mostly the downtown core area under a mi- croscope for five days to assess strengths and weaknesses The RUDAT committee struck a chord of interest and participation among a large segment of the community The final result was indeed heartening The exit document gave the elected appointed and civic leadership some redefined guidelines incentives and new direction in the ongoing plan to rehabilitate a deteriorating downtown More than that the RUDAT members through a series of meetings with rank and file citizens as well as community leaders and two public hearings were able to inspire a new spirit and determination to revitalize the focus area surrounding state city and county municipal services buildings and the adjacent retail and service business sections Recommendations are under consideration by the Central Business District Committee which was given the mandate by Mayor Clifford Goff to implement those suggestions that prove feasible The RUDAT program is a public service of the American Institute of Architects which began in 1967 Ogden was fortunate to be among the less than dozen major me- tropolitan cities in the nation to be chosen for evaluation last year The team’s Ogden visit sparked an interest among Salt Lake City leaders The request made in January has resulted in the team coming to Salt Lake City Ogden was indeed sensitized by of the advice and counsel that emerged as the RUDAT experts addressed our problems We hope our neighboring city will feel similarly satisfied when the RUDAT visit ends well-attend- I ed From Super Tuesday to Super Muddle pt CHICAGO — Somebody should have emblazoned in neon over the Loop on Tuesday night Will Rogers’ wry quote: “I belong to no organized party I’m a Democrat” Had Rogers been around for the 1988 Illinois primary he would have choked with laughter Yep Rogers would have chuckled same old Democrats confused as a hog skating on ice They’ve campaigned through 28 states spent maybe $100 million and showed Tuesday night they’re further than ever from settling on a winner Illinois advertised as the bellwether state turned out to be a Super Muddle The chaos increased the certainty that sometime between the last primary on June 7 and the Democrats’ July convention somebody must play “Let’s Make a Deal” — a poker game among the surviving candidates to pick the nominee Twain would have loved the potential chicanery He would also have relished the red faces of pundits and pollsters whose conventional wisdom misfired on Illinois: They predicted Jesse Jackson would win here but Jackson finished second mildly disappointing in the state that knows him best They thought Paul Simon was a battered n but native son Simon penniless won with no money and no real presidential future They thought Mike Dukakis would start once he hit the behaving like a industrial north but Dukakis finished a poor third after spending $250000 here They thought A1 Gore might get a “bounce” from his Super Tuesday wins but Gore ran a $200000 ad campaign' and made no Illinois impact Illinois voters clearly were in a fickle tepid mood Their choice of Simon meant essentially “none of the above” And since Illinois has-bee- front-runn- er Sandy Grady is not much different from the states coming up — Michigan Wisconsin New York — the party’s kingmakers are Pennsylvania resigned to a muddled finish “We no longer have dwarfs we have stars an embarrassment of riches” New York Gov Cuomo said on ABC-T“My guess is that no one will have 5 percent of the delegates after the last primary” Cuomo like other Democratic bigwigs predicts a deal by the candidates and 645 super delegates before the Atlanta convention And with the most convincing denial he’s publicly mustered he scoffed at a draft Cuomo move “Makes no sense at all” Cuomo said “It’s flattering but I’m no better than any of them in the field If Mario Cuomo wanted to be president he should have run for president” Cuomo’s may be welcome news to the candidates scuffling in the field Unfortunately the three guys who are sup— Dukakis Jackson posedly — their had and Gore images dented “I knew it would be tough against two native sons” Dukakis said “I think we made an impression that will pay off” in November The Duke’s cheer was somewhat tinny state where though Illinois is a past Democratic nominees such as Carter and Mondale have hit stride When Dukakis could reap only 15 percent of Illinois Dems TV buy his despite a chances of winning outright by June 7 get slim Dukakis will have to win about 1500 of the remaining 2200 delegates to cinch things — poor odds “A genuine V 1 front-runne- rs blue-coll- quarter-million-doll- ar ar front-runn- er needed a better showing that Dukakis got” said Geraldine Ferraro playing TV analyst The other loser was Jackson not merely because he was beaten by Simon Jesse 'got only 8 percent of the white vote a lower percentage than he drew in some Western and Southern states “This is Jesse’s home and opinions held for 20 years here couldn’t be changed” campaign manager Gerald Austion said tellingly “He’s still perceived as a radical by some” But gloom was imperceptible at Jackson’s headquarters where Jesse made the only victory speech I’ve ever heard from a No 2 finisher “It’s sunrise in America” Jackson said playing on Reagan’s 1984 slogan “Hope is in the air” “My my my Jesse!” chanted a deepvoiced man in the audience “Who would have thought that after 30 contests I would be leading in popular votes? There’s much to celebrate” If the Illinois pattern prevails though Jackson’s failed to broaden his base He can still come to Atlanta with 800 to 1000 delegates which may put him in second place The other Illinois loser was Gore who borrowed money to put his ads on TV but won not a single delegate And Simon? Well he won a trip to the convention for his pals an enhanced shot at to the Senate and a boost for his ego and bow ties Illinois voters with no Prince Charming in sight decided to kiss a familiar frog Yep Mark Twain would have snapped his galluses with glee at these befuddled Democrats But he might giggle that Illinois had one blessing It gave them George Bush r Newspapers Knight-Ridde- Israel cast in role of Czechoslovakia WASHINGTON — This year the 40th anniversary of the founding of Israel and the 50th anniversary of Munich finds Israel suddenly cast in the role of Czechoslovakia at a proposed international conference Israel’s reluctance to play that part causes it to be called as Czechoslovakia was an obstacle to ' peace In 1938 the “West Bank” issue was the a portion of Czechoslovakia with German ethnic an majority Then as now a nation which said it needed territory for security was told to yield the territory in the — name of “ethnic Woodrow Wilson’s rhetoric appropriated by Hitler In the 1988 conference the United Nations — the folks who brought us the “Zionism is racism” smear — would invite all “the li conflict” parties involved in the Imagine the Reagan administration’s reaction if invited to submit “the Central American conflict” to an international conference involving the permanent representatives on the UN Security Council (including the Soviet Union and China) and all other "interested parties" including of course Cuba International conferences can do several things They can sow seeds of war (Versailles) or delay war by carving concessions out of small nations (Munich) But the path to peace docs not run through such conferences The path is direct bilateral negotiations between nations conflict In the context of the an international conference is a device for sparing Israel’s enemies the need to set foot on that path Advocates of such a conference say it is merely a procedural umbrella to facilitate progress on substance But if Jordan can not act independent of Syria and the Arab-Israc- Arab-Israc- li tees” to prevent Tel Aviv from becoming At ' afatville F Will be can no There meaningful guarantee against infiltration and shelling And if the asPLO regarding procedures it will be no more 1973 attempt to destroy Israel by sault had begun on the 1967 borders (which independent regarding substance And remember George Kennan’s axiom: were armistice lines set by the first attempt to The unlikelihood of any negotiation reaching destroy Israel) and the attacks had advanced agreement grows by the square of the number as far as they did in 1973 they would have of parties involved There would have been reached the Mediterranean no Camp David agreement if Syrian and SoWhy does a nation that has won five wars viet diplomats had been ensconced in cabins feel insecure? Because it can only lose one and there is always one being waged against in Maryland’s Catoctin Mountains Between the disastrous year of 1961 — Bay it Behind the boys throwing rocks there are of Pigs Berlin Wall — and the present there big battalions CBS recently interviewed a have been few unmixed blessings for the leader of the West But one such blessing was the 1972 exQuestion: If you get a state on the West pulsion of the Soviet presence from Egypt Bank and Gaza will this be enough? Answer: Palestine is indivisible Haifa and thus effectively from a central role in the Jaffa Galilee Nazareth — all these are Acre administration the as Reagan region Today toils to insert the Soviet Union at the center parts of Palestine Question: So the Israelis are right — it’s a of Middle East diplomacy recall candidate to the death? There’s no compromise Reagan’s words when castigating President fight no coexistence possible? It’s to be possible Carter a Palestinian state there cannot be Israel or Carter said Reagan tried “inserting them both right? more Middle the (the Soviets) deeply into Answer: I’m not saying that I want to kill East” as a participant in an international conJews or throw the Jews into the sea I am the ference to settle Israel’s fate This said that everybody who came here from saying would jeopardize the "major effort to the country should go back where he outside East the Soviets Middle out of the keep peace from” came process" Question: What I’m hearing is that a state The Soviet aim is to carve out of Jordan a Israel cannot exist of — Palestinian state another Cuba not just Answer: No I say no no Unacceptable I another Syria — that would cause Jordan to Palestine all of it entirely disappear and then would whittle away at want interview illuminates the fact that That what remains of Israel the West’s base that fundamental has changed including nothing in matters most the region True there would this: As Golda Meir said “We Jews have a be American “guarantees” for Israel — the secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs sort of guarantees South Vietnam had Saigon — we have no place to go” is now Ho Chi Minh City and Israel will be Washington Post Writers Group forgiven for not trusting American “guaran George all-o- rock-thrower- Re-ag- en s: ut |